ENBR-336

1 credit(s)

Course Chair: Sean Jones

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring

Required of: None

Electable by: Brass principals

Prerequisites: None

Department Code: BRASS

This course is designed to focus on vocal performance for brass principals. Students may or may not have experience as vocalists. All classes will be geared towards the styles the individuals are interested in, emphasizing both singing and playing. Students will be asked to learn and perform new songs each week with the main emphasis being on the selection of correct keys, tempos, and styles. There will be a comparative analysis between vocal and instrumental phrasing, improvisation, and physiology. Students will also be exposed to performers who have been recognized and respected as both singers and horn players.

ENBR-P172

1 credit(s)

Course Chair: Sean Jones

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring

Required of: None

Electable by: Trombone principals

Prerequisites: None

Department Code: BRASS

In this course trombonists will develop a viable practice routine as it pertains to ensemble playing in all the relevant styles for that instrument. They will learn to better perform together in all relevant idioms and styles. They will learn to transition between idioms and styles with improved control and skill.

ENBR-P272

1 credit(s)

Course Chair: Sean Jones

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring

Required of: None

Electable by: Trombone principals

Prerequisites: None

Department Code: BRASS

In this advanced ensemble trombonists will develop a viable practice routine as it pertains to ensemble playing in all the relevant styles for the instrument. They will learn to better perform together in all relevant idioms and styles. They will learn to transition between idioms and styles with improved control and skill.

ENCL-200

1 credit(s)

Course Chair: Anne Peckham

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Required of: None

Electable by: All

Prerequisites: Written approval of course instructor

Department Code: VOICE

Large vocal ensemble with emphasis on traditional and contemporary music stretching through a wide range of music genres. In this course, students will participate in weekly rehearsals. Emphasis will be given to stylistic integrity, as well as melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic accuracy. Concert performances during the fall and spring semesters.

ENCL-201

1 credit(s)

Course Chair: Anne Peckham

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring

Required of: None

Electable by: All

Prerequisites: Written approval of course instructor

Department Code: VOICE

The Women's Concert Choir is a choral group consisting of 12-40 women. Students will learn part-singing, blending, intonation, reading, and memorization through the repertoire, which will range from the standard classical choral repertoire to arrangements of musical theater works. A performance will be scheduled at the end of the semester. Voice principals and non-voice principals are eligible to audition.

ENCL-234

1 credit(s)

Course Chair: Ron Savage

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Required of: None

Electable by: All

Prerequisites: Written approval of course instructor

Department Code: ENS

The Improvisation for Classical Musicians ensemble is a small group of instrumentalists that will play traditional chamber music with a twist by adding improvisational techniques. The students will partake in weekly rehearsals, as well as end of the semester performances. Emphasis will be given to hearing, expressing your musical ideas with stylistic integrity, as well as melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic accuracy.

ENCL-400

1 credit(s)

Course Chair: Ron Savage

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring

Required of: None

Electable by: All

Prerequisites: Written approval of course instructor

Department Code: ENS

The Contemporary Orchestra features Berklee's student performers, composers, and conductors through the use of standard repertoire, film, multimedia, and sound. Works of major 20th-century composers, as well as Berklee students and faculty, will be programmed. Student performers will gain experience in orchestral auditions and have the opportunity to be featured as soloists. This ensemble meets two times per week; the second weekly meeting will be used for workshops.

ENCL-402

1 credit(s)

Course Chair: Ron Savage

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Required of: None

Electable by: All

Prerequisites: Written approval of course instructor

Department Code: ENS

Mixed instrumental and vocal ensembles are formed to study and perform chamber music by 20th-century composers including Luciano Berio, John Corgliano, Aaron Copland, Maurice Ravel, Arnold Schoenberg, Igor Stravinsky, and others. Using their own parts from the preselected repertoire, students will individually practice and master performance skills and musicianship, then rehearse in the larger group in preparation for an end-of-semester recital.

ENCL-403

1 credit(s)

Course Chair: Ron Savage

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Required of: None

Electable by: All

Prerequisites: Written approval of course instructor

Department Code: ENS

The Art Music of Black Composers ensemble will study and perform the richness of America's roots music traditions. The students will study all types of black composers stretching from roots music all the way to modern-day pop.

ENCL-404

1 credit(s)

Course Chair: Ron Savage

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Required of: None

Electable by: All

Prerequisites: Written approval of course instructor

Department Code: ENS

The Musical Theater Orchestra will perform the music of Broadway shows. In this course, students will participate in weekly supervised rehearsals. Students will gain experience in performing in a variety of styles inherent in each show. Emphasis will be given to stylistic integrity, as well as melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic accuracy. Please contact the instructor for more information on the shows to performed in current semester.